THE LABOUR OF THE OLIVE SHALL FAIL AND THE FIELD SHALL YIELD NO MEAT
THOU DIDST MARCH THROUGH
THE LAND IN INDIGNATION,
THOU DIDST THRESH
THE HEATHEN IN ANGER.
THOU WENTEST FORTH
FOR
THE SALVATION OF THY PEOPLE
EVEN FOR SALVATION
WITH THINE ANOINTED;
THOU WOUNDEDST
THE HEAD OUT
OF
THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED,
BY DISCOVERING
THE FOUNDATION UNTO THE NECK.
SELAH.
THOU DIDST STRIKE
THROUGH WITH HIS STAVES
THE HEAD OF HIS VILLAGES:
THEY CAME OUT
AS A WHIRLWIND TO SCATTER ME:
THEIR REJOICING WAS
AS TO DEVOUR THE POOR SECRETLY.
THOU DIDST WALK
THROUGH THE SEA
WITH THINE HORSES,
THROUGH
THE HEAP OF GREAT WATERS.
WHEN I HEARD,
MY BELLY TREMBLED;
MY LIPS QUIVERED
AT THE VOICE:
ROTTENNESS ENTERED
INTO MY BONES,
AND
i
TREMBLED IN MYSELF,
THAT I MIGHT
REST IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE:
WHEN HE COMETH UP
UNTO THE PEOPLE,
HE WILL INVADE THEM
WITH HIS TROOPS.
ALTHOUGH
THE FIG TREE
SHALL NOT BLOSSOM,
NEITHER SHALL FRUIT
BE IN THE VINES;
SHALL FAIL,
AND
THE FIELD SHALL YIELD
NO MEAT;
THE FLOCK SHALL BE
CUT OFF FROM THE FOLD,
AND
THERE SHALL BE NO HERD
IN THE STALLS:
YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD,
I WILL JOY
IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION.
THE LORD GOD IS MY STRENGTH
AND
HE WILL MAKE MY FEET
AND
HE WILL MAKE ME
TO WALK UPON MINE HIGH PLACES.


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